Keyword
desire
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig855
Readings
(64%)
よく
(28%)
ほっ
(3%)
よっ
(3%)
Composed of
valley
lack of
Mnemonic

The valley folk lack many of the conveniences of the modern life. No supermarkets, no hospitals, no schools. So it's no wonder a lot of them desire to move into a big city and live there instead.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
deep desire
Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
desire; appetite; lust
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
appetite (for food)
to want; to desire
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
passions; sexual desire; lust
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to covet; to lust for
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
desire to protect
lust; sexual appetite
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
self-interest; selfish desire
ideally; if one were to wish for more
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
craving for the limelight
ambitious; motivated; willful
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
selfishness
to be greedy; to covet
animal or carnal desires; lust
need for social approval and self-esteem
the lust for conquest
abstemious; austere
greedy; avaricious; covetous
partiality; bias
taking care of one's sexual urges; sexual gratification
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
lack of appetite; anorexia
to be blinded by greed
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
autumn, season of good appetite
abnormal sexuality; sexual perversion
to desire; to want; to wish for; to covet
selfishness; self-interest
to be greedy; to covet
parents' partiality for their children; parents overvaluing their children
to be blinded by greed
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
greed; avarice
decrease in appetite; loss of appetite
desire for money for one's enjoyment (as an alleged motive for theft, fraud, etc.)
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
to endeavor to; to aspire to
desire; wish; passion
full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
desire realm
selflessness; unselfishness
lust for money; hunger for money
liking (for); appetite; weakness; fondness; indulgence
control one's desires; abstinence
do not shoot straight for the top; he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin; (lit.) if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse
human desires; human passions
ideally; if one were to wish for more
unselfishness; wanting little
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
extreme greediness
the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm
evil desire
loss of appetite; reduction in appetite; anorexia
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
greed; avarice; covetousness
avarice; heartlessness; greed
abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right
desire to go shopping; desire to buy (something)
having thought for neither gain nor greed; only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)
indifferent to worldly gain
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
greedy; avaricious; acquisitive
control of passions; control of appetite
unselfish and impartial (disinterested)
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager
liking (for); appetite; weakness; fondness; indulgence
hope; desire; want
personal grudges and selfish desires
if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you
do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you
to want; to desire
parents overvaluing their own children but looking down on others'
avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; (lit.) the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)
Examples (200 in total)
I don't know what you want.
What was it that you wanted?
I don't want you to do that.